Burnout Syndrome in the Helping Professions

Autor: Gabassi, Pier Giorgio, Cervai, Sara, Rozbowsky, Patrizia, Semeraro, Arianna, Gregori, Dario
Zdroj: Psychological Reports; February 2002, Vol. 90 Issue: 1 p309-314, 6p
Abstrakt: Burnout can be defined as a long-term reaction to occupational stress which involves, particularly, the helping professions. The main aim of this study was the assessment of burnout in a sample of professional and voluntary health care workers and comparison of the two samples on scores from the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Analysis suggests a significant difference in mean scores for Emotional Exhaustion of volunteers vs professional workers. Some evidence has supported the hypothesis of a fourth dimension, called Behavioral Exhaustion, in the burnout syndrome.
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